Safeguarding

• What are the 3 factors of health and wellbeing of a child?

  1. childs developmental needs
  2. family and environmental factors
  3. Parenting capacity
• Child dev needs RF?

  • irritable and sleepless child
  • Additional needs (ADHD, autism, learning difficulties)
  • Communication difficulties
  • Poor school attendance and attainment
  • Low self esteem, self harming
  • Defiant and angry
  • bereavement
• Parenting capacity RF?

  • mother under 20 yrs for first pregnancy
  • Parent w history of poor attendance and attainment
  • Parent formerly looked after
  • substance misuse or alcohol
  • mental health
  • poor health appointment attendance
  • DV
  • learning difficulties
  • physical disability
  • bereavement
• Family and environment RF?

  • single parent
  • serial relationships
  • reconstructed families
  • low income/debt
  • no job
  • frequent moves
  • Homeless/ insecure housing
  • Poor quality housing
  • uncertain immigration status
• Care act 2014


  places statutory duties on local authorities to make enquiries when adults w care are experiencing or at risk of abuse / neglect
• Childrens Act 


  1989 - comprehensive framework for care of kids
• Working together 2022


  inter agency framework to promote children's welfare
• Importance of Early Help (child), Right Help Right Time 2021

  guidance for professionals and families in Birmingham and seek to improve family engagement
• what are the four layers of needs ?

  1. universal
  2. Universal plus
  3. additional
  4. complex or significant
• Who is at risk?

  • CIC
  • Physical or learning difficult
  • Kids under 1
  • youth offenders
  • drugs/alcohol users
  • Missing or poor school attendances
  • Trafficked or new to county
  • Poverty
  • Young parents
• What is the trio of vulnerability?

  domestic abuse

  Parental MH

  Parental substance abuse
• Principles of MCA?

  1. assume capacity
  2. Support to make their own decisions
  3. People have the right to make unwise decisions
  4. if done on bhealf of pt lacking MCA, do in best interests
  5. if done on behalf choose least restrictive option
• Concerns can be reported via ?

  rio - ACDC

  ensure it is factual, chronological and accurate

  differentiate between facts an opinion

  note who you have shared the info with and why